The Philosophy of Physiomedicalism

By J. M. Thurston

The Philosophy of Physiomedicalism: Its Theorem. Corollary, and Laws of Application for the Cure of Disease is a classic book from the beginning of the 1900's about the physiomedicalist approach to health and healing. As the author states "This book is an earnest effort to systematize and logically correlate the principles and theories of Physiomedicalism, and the abstract truths of medicine as known and understood to-day, so as to enable the student to clearly comprehend them, and the practitioner to carry them into bedside practice."Chapters include:PART FIRST I - The Physiomedical TheoremII - The PrincipiaIII - PhysiomedicalismPART SECOND I - HealthII - DiseaseIII - FeverIV - Definition of FeverV - InflammationVI - CongestionVII - IrritationVIII - Pain PART THIRD I - Essentials of a Medical EducationII - Accuracy of Medical TermsIII - Definitions of Histological PartsIV - Organs, Apparatus, SystemV - The Vasomotor ApparatusVI - Ganglionic Nervous SystemVII - Vasomotor FunctionsVIII - SecretionIX - Excretion PART FOUR I - The Phenomena of FeverII - Causative Febrile PhenomenaIII - Functional ConsequencesIV - Secondary Febrile ResultsV - Classification of FeversVI - Principles of Treatment of Fever PART FIFTH I - Symptoms or Functional Aberrations of DiseaseII - Symptom ValuesIII - PathologyIV - Symptom GroupingV - Classification of Disease-complexesVI - General Principles of DiagnosisVII - Special DiagnosisVIII - Prognosis PART SIXTH I - The Relation of Extrinsic Matter to the Living OrganismII - Food, Medicine, PoisonIII - Therapeutics and Therapeutic AgentsIV - The Laws of Remedial InfluenceV - Immunity and AntitoxinsVI - Surgical Therapy, General and Local PART SEVENTH I - Classification of DiseasesII - General Principles of TreatmentIII - The Consummate Cure of the SickIV - The Treatment of PainV - The Mercurial TreatmentVI - Principles of Psychotherapeutics

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1500538116
• ISBN13: 9781500538118
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.5" x 8.5"